--- a/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/compat.rs
+++ b/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/compat.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 
-use jrsonnet_evaluator::{function::builtin, operator::evaluate_compare_op, Result, Val};
+use jrsonnet_evaluator::{
+	function::builtin, operator::evaluate_compare_op, val::ArrValue, Result, Val,
+};
 
 #[builtin]
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
@@ -13,3 +15,34 @@
 		},
 	)
 }
+
+#[builtin]
+#[allow(non_snake_case)]
+pub fn builtin___compare_array(arr1: ArrValue, arr2: ArrValue) -> Result<i32> {
+	builtin___compare(Val::Arr(arr1), Val::Arr(arr2))
+}
+
+macro_rules! arr_comp {
+	($name:ident, $operator:expr) => {
+		#[builtin]
+		#[allow(non_snake_case)]
+		pub fn $name(arr1: ArrValue, arr2: ArrValue) -> Result<bool> {
+			let ordering = evaluate_compare_op(
+				&Val::Arr(arr1),
+				&Val::Arr(arr2),
+				jrsonnet_parser::BinaryOpType::Lt,
+			)?;
+			Ok($operator.contains(&ordering))
+		}
+	};
+}
+arr_comp!(builtin___array_less, [Ordering::Less]);
+arr_comp!(builtin___array_greater, [Ordering::Greater]);
+arr_comp!(
+	builtin___array_less_or_equal,
+	[Ordering::Less, Ordering::Equal]
+);
+arr_comp!(
+	builtin___array_greater_or_equal,
+	[Ordering::Greater, Ordering::Equal]
+);
--- a/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/lib.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,14 @@
 		("regexQuoteMeta", builtin_regex_quote_meta::INST),
 		// Compat
 		("__compare", builtin___compare::INST),
+		("__compare_array", builtin___compare_array::INST),
+		("__array_less", builtin___array_less::INST),
+		("__array_greater", builtin___array_greater::INST),
+		("__array_less_or_equal", builtin___array_less_or_equal::INST),
+		(
+			"__array_greater_or_equal",
+			builtin___array_greater_or_equal::INST,
+		),
 	]
 	.iter()
 	.copied()
--- a/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/std.jsonnet
+++ b/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/std.jsonnet
@@ -89,13 +89,4 @@
       error 'find second parameter should be an array, got ' + std.type(arr)
     else
       std.filter(function(i) arr[i] == value, std.range(0, std.length(arr) - 1)),
-
-  // Compat
-  __compare_array(arr1, arr2)::
-    assert std.isArray(arr1) && std.isArray(arr2);
-    std.__compare(arr1, arr2),
-  __array_less(arr1, arr2):: std.__compare_array(arr1, arr2) == -1,
-  __array_greater(arr1, arr2):: std.__compare_array(arr1, arr2) == 1,
-  __array_less_or_equal(arr1, arr2):: std.__compare_array(arr1, arr2) <= 0,
-  __array_greater_or_equal(arr1, arr2):: std.__compare_array(arr1, arr2) >= 0,
 }